Motor patterns during walking on a slippery walkway

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 746-760

  Cappellini, Germana ^a   Ivanenko, Yuri P ^a   Dominici, Nadia ^a,b   Poppele, Richard E ^c   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STANDING; SURFACE PROPERTY; WALKING SPEED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHILD; FEMALE; FRICTION; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 76649107877     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00499.2009     Document Type: Article

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